HEALTH

Blood donation camp held
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 21
Hundred units of blood were donated at a blood donation camp organised by the Sood Sabha, Chandigarh, in association with the Kerala Shastra Kala Manch at Sood Bhavan here on Sunday. 

The camp was inaugurated by Brig (Dr) M.L. Kataria (retd). Dr Sunandan Sood, Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, was also present. Dr Rajender Kalra, a former Medical Superintendent, PGI, Dr Indra Duggal, Dr Vandana Singh and Dr Anshu Tikka provided free medical consultation to over 300 patients. A team of doctors from the GMCH also examined patients. Blood sugar and urine tests and blood pressure check-up were also done free of cost at the charitable diagnostic laboratory at Sood Bhavan.

Yoga essential in stress-prone world
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 21
Simple yogic exercises can help improve productivity and positive interactions in an organisation and reduce stress, said Mr Krishan Lal Gupta, president of the Bharatiya Yog Sansthan (Punjab) here today.

Mr Gupta was addressing members of the Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) during a demonstration and lecture on “Self development through yoga” at Rajasthan Parishad here today.

Yoga changed our attitude towards work and made us aware of the unseen challenges in our work environment, he said. Everyone strove for success, which could be achieved only through a positive attitude towards others, self-confidence, and a feeling of honesty and selfless service that could be imbibed through regular practise of yoga.

Mr Gupta demonstrated various yogic postures for developing a balance in physical, mental, spiritual and emotional self.

Mr J.N. Vohra of the CMA said practising managers and entrepreneurs were under constant pressure to perform and yoga could help create an environment for success in any endeavour.

SPORTS

PEC staff rout Estate Office XI
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, March 21
A fine knock of 68 runs in 49 deliveries by Rajesh Arora enabled Punjab Engineering College employees cricket team to put Estate Office XI to rout with a huge margin of 86 runs in the Xth Inter-Institutional Cricket tournament played here at the PEC cricket grounds. In the second tie, Canara Bank outplayed Harmukh XI by 12 runs.

Brief scores: PEC XI: 202 runs for eight in 25 overs (Rajesh Arora 68, Surinder 41, Satish Chaudhary 20, Lekh Raj 20, Suresh 3 for 34, ML Chauhan 2 for 37).

Estate Office XI: 116 runs for nine in 25 overs (Vijay Bhasin 23 n.o., Rakesh 22, Amarjot 14, Lekh Raj 3 for 10, Rajinder Singh 3 for 15, Satish Chaudhary 2 for 18).

Second tie: Canara Bank: 153 runs all out in 24.5 overs (Ravinder 32, Vikas 27, Sanjeev Sekri 20, Krishnamurthy 17, Balwinder 16, Ajay Pundita 3 for 38, Sanju Kher 3 for 15, Ratul Sapru 3 for 16). Harmukh XI: 141 runs all out in 24.3 overs (Varun 39, Ajay Pandita 28, Sanjay Raina 19, Kuldeep kaul 18, Charan Dass 5 for 13).

Videocon league

SSP Network overpowered Youth Gear Xi by four wickets in the Second Videocon league-cum-knockout wicket tournament being played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, here today.

Brief scores: Youth Gear XI: 115 runs all out in 24.3 overs (Kapil 15, Gagandeep 19, Sanjay Bhayana 3 for 22, Pawan 3 for 25, Vikram Sharma 2 for 10). SSP Network: 118 runs for six (Sushil Siwach 45, Amit Verma 24, S Singh 24, Pawan 23.

HC cricket club

A brilliant knock of 144 runs by Sandeep Gulati in just 86 deliveries helped High Court cricket club in beating Haryana Tourism XI by 138 runs in the First Jagdish Chand Sharma Memorial-inter-institutional cricket tournament played here at 12 Wing Air Force grounds. In another tie, Spice Telecom XI thrashed CITCO XI by 30 runs in a league match.